The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-09-17
Centennial of the Constitution.


The three days celebration ofthe Centen-
NAL of the Constitution began, in Phlladei-
phia on Thursday, was continued yesterday
and will close today.
Among the 400, 900 visitors to the city are
President and Mrs. Cleveland, members OIL
the Cabinet, the Governors of the thirteen
original states and their staffs, distinguished
citizens from all parts of the country, ana
members of the foreign legations.
The first day there was great industrial
parade, on Broad street, and all along tne
ronte the decorations were gay and gorgeous
and exceeded anything of the kind ever VIII
messed there. !,
The industrial parade was the greatest and
grandest that ever took place in this or any
other country, and showed the progress
American enterprise, ingenuity and skill ior
the past century. There were in line 800
floats, each bearing representation OF some
particular branch Of industry, $4,000 men,
8, 900 horses and $50 bands of music.
At the head of the column rode Col a:
Louden Snowden, chief marshal, and his staff
of fifty aids, standard bearer and two trum-
peters.
Marine Band, followed by a grand banner
representing Columbia pointing to the past
with one hand and with the other to the
present, the former being represented by old
implements and conditions, the latter by those
of to-day indicating progress. The banner
typified the demonstration, and was drawn on
a car by six horses.
The display from this point was divided
into twenty-three divisions.
The first division was headed by gally
decorated wagon bearing banners with mot
toes. Following this float came band and
several tableaux on floats, typical OF events
during the revolution and representing the
different nations that make up America pop
ulation, in native costume; beautiful temple,
handsomely decorated, with 38 ladies at the
portal, representing the states of the Union,
i'Uncle SAM" the Goddess of Liberty and
the thirteen original states represented by
daughters of America, in costume, and hoat
on which stood representations of the school
houses of century ago and those of to-day,
surrounded by school children.
The second division was made up of the
Carpenters Company of Philadelphia
The agricultural exhibit included a repre-
sentation of Touring mills built in 1T60 and
1914, and an illustration of the present man.
ner of making flour.
The printers gave illustrations of the differ
ent phases of printing. There were floats
containing the ancient Ephrata press, and the
old machines, power press in operation and
q complete composing room.
Division was headed by the University of
Pennsylvania, which was represented in the
demonstration of century ago, and following
came children from the United States Indian
training school, illustrating the advancement
in the civilization of the red man. At the
head of this procession were several mounted
Indians from the West, dressed in the para
phernalia incident to Indian warfare.
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in the sixth division, which was the largest
in line. Representations were made of every
branch of the building industry, including saw
mills, planning mills, representation of log
cabin of a century ago, brick machines and
the manufacture of brick in all its various
stages, slate, tin and tile roofing, plumbing
exhibits of all descriptions, iron pipe manu-
facture, lathing and plastering, ranges, heat
ers, paint manufacture and a two story frame
house II feet inches long, Is feet deep and
"a feet high, complete in every respect.
The seventh division was representation
of saw, engine and tool works.
In the eighth division were the volunteer
firemen's associations with their old apparatus.
Twenty three visiting companies from various
parts of the country took part in this display.
The ninth division was complete exhibit
of the manner of brewing beer, displaying
models of breweries of the last century with
those of modern times, cooper shop and
other adjuncts of the trade.
An interesting representation of the United
States mint comprised the tenth division.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle formed
the eleventh division. They had 5000 men
in line.
In the twelfth division was display of the
products of the -extile industry, and nearly
1000 employees various firms accompanied
the exhibit.
Division thirteen was taken up with q dis
play of silk manufacture.
The fourteenth division was representa-
ton of the clothing trade, which included on
floats sheep pasture containg number of
sheep watched by boys in Highland costume.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company had
the fifteenth division. The progress in the
mode of travelling from the revolutionary era
to the present time was fully and graphically
presented, On the numerous floats in this
division were pack mules, q genuine Cones
toga wagon, Concord coach, representa-
ton of canal service, seven civil engineers in
uniform, delineating the first step in the con-
struction of a railway line, men laying rails
and ballasiing, switch signals, tools, wooden
model of the Oldest locomotive in America,
weighing 1000 pounds, contrasted with a new
locomotive weighing over $1,000 pounds, and
train of six miniature cars, consisting of an
express, baggage, passenger, sleeping and
dining car, freight and coal-car. This minia-
ture train was equipped with full crew.
In this division also was the display of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, which covered
several squares and was accompanied by 1000
men. All the various shops were represent
ed, and every stage in the construction of
locomotive was represented, as well as a pic
ture of sold Ironsides," the first locomotive
built at the shops by Mr.. Baldwin. At the
end of this division was wagon drawn by
twenty-eight horses, upon which was mounted
a locomotive under steam, with driving wheels
raised to clear the platform. An engineer
was seated in the cab, his hand on the throttle
and behind, on another float, was tender
and large force of workmen.
The sixteenth division was a complete ship
building and naval exhibit, including large
model of the John Fitch, the first steamboat
that piled the Delaware river in 1876, propell-
ed by six long paddles.
The government display was in the seven
teenth division. There were several tab
leaux with children and ladies representing
the States, model of the United States man
of war Hartford, old fashioned specimens of
the thirty-two pouuder naval gun, the high
FOUNDER ten inch gun and the high poudder 49,
inch gun and model of the new cruiser Char
lesion now building at San Francisco.
Division eighteen included electrical ma
chinery, lights and ceramics.
Division nineteen was made up of civic
societies, and included quite number of
beautiful tableaux.
Division twenty was the miscellaneous
trades
Division twenty one displayed household
prpamentation in every detail.